Enrollment Trends at CTU

The student population at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs is 31,830 (28,246 undergraduate and 3,584 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 30,382 (2,098.20%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at CTU is 88.74% which is increased by 27,107 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,275 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 55 male students for every 100 female students, down from 209 in 2015.
31,486 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 6,820.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 24,368 where 31,830 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 31,830 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,448 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,448 to 31,830 students, a net gain of 30,382 (2098.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,448	1,139	789	350	309	190	119
2016-17	25,548 24,100	22,202 21,063	8,147 7,358	14,055 13,705	3,346 3,037	1,654 1,464	1,692 1,573
2017-18	25,517 -31	22,306 104	8,241 94	14,065 10	3,211 -135	1,513 -141	1,698 6
2018-19	26,184 667	22,492 186	8,080 -161	14,412 347	3,692 481	1,582 69	2,110 412
2019-20	27,232 1,048	23,430 938	8,194 114	15,236 824	3,802 110	1,659 77	2,143 33
2020-21	28,244 1,012	24,759 1,329	8,301 107	16,458 1,222	3,485 -317	1,414 -245	2,071 -72
2021-22	24,016 -4,228	21,161 -3,598	7,072 -1,229	14,089 -2,369	2,855 -630	1,136 -278	1,719 -352
2022-23	24,808 792	22,393 1,232	7,472 400	14,921 832	2,415 -440	902 -234	1,513 -206
2023-24	28,852 4,044	26,114 3,721	9,245 1,773	16,869 1,948	2,738 323	953 51	1,785 272
2024-25	31,830 2,978	28,246 2,132	10,052 807	18,194 1,325	3,584 846	1,276 323	2,308 523
Average	24,368	21,424	7,559	13,865	2,944	1,228	1,716

Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 21,424 where 28,246 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,139	729	544	185	410	245	165
2016-17	22,202	13,319	5,158	8,161	8,883	2,989	5,894
2017-18	22,306	14,445	5,596	8,849	7,861	2,645	5,216
2018-19	22,492	14,917	5,436	9,481	7,575	2,644	4,931
2019-20	23,430	15,272	5,400	9,872	8,158	2,794	5,364
2020-21	24,759	15,135	5,121	10,014	9,624	3,180	6,444
2021-22	21,161	13,320	4,350	8,970	7,841	2,722	5,119
2022-23	22,393	13,556	4,598	8,958	8,837	2,874	5,963
2023-24	26,114	15,668	5,626	10,042	10,446	3,619	6,827
2024-25	28,246	16,623	5,882	10,741	11,623	4,170	7,453
Average	21,424	21,424	4,771	8,527	21,424	2,788	5,338

Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,944 where 3,584 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	309	193	121	72	116	69	47
2016-17	3,346	2,970	1,453	1,517	376	201	175
2017-18	3,211	2,805	1,306	1,499	406	207	199
2018-19	3,692	3,297	1,386	1,911	395	196	199
2019-20	3,802	3,320	1,433	1,887	482	226	256
2020-21	3,485	2,943	1,162	1,781	542	252	290
2021-22	2,855	2,407	931	1,476	448	205	243
2022-23	2,415	2,006	726	1,280	409	176	233
2023-24	2,738	2,321	794	1,527	417	159	258
2024-25	3,584	3,036	1,048	1,988	548	228	320
Average	2,944	2,944	1,036	1,494	2,944	192	222

Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.66% and the percentage of black students is 20.09% at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs. 1.02% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.34% to 26.66%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.18% to 1.02%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.95% to 20.09%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 4.14% to 2.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8868 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7433 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	24	46	202	60	25	700	24
2016-17	283	350	8,312	1,133	139	10,465	1,041
2017-18	300	292	7,343	688	136	9,614	1,002
2018-19	320	330	6,726	478	26	8,917	820
2019-20	310	359	6,382	248	171	8,324	970
2020-21	330	377	5,925	166	158	8,119	930
2021-22	249	321	4,835	99	138	6,741	826
2022-23	292	285	4,898	77	114	6,776	765
2023-24	345	318	5,925	53	129	8,109	951
2024-25	351	326	6,395	782	129	8,486	974
Average	280	300	5,694	378	117	7,625	830

Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

31,486 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 99% of total students. The number of online students has increased 6,820.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,448	455	445	548
2016-17	25,548	24,132	560	856
2017-18	25,517	24,238	855	424
2018-19	26,184	25,038	886	260
2019-20	27,232	26,165	878	189
2020-21	28,244	28,183	28	33
2021-22	24,016	23,963	26	27
2022-23	24,808	24,674	109	25
2023-24	28,852	28,580	258	14
2024-25	31,830	31,486	338	6
Average	24,368	23,691	438	238

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Enrollment Trends at CTU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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